Morphology deals with the structure and zforms of things. It is rooted in linguistics and biological studies.
In both linguistics and biology especially plant morphology relationships of forms , both internal and external are common identifiers.
Thus the response strategies to the Coronavirus pandemic should be considered in their interlinkages to provide hope for all.
The first general form of response to stop the spread, was the closure of schools(both private and public). Public schools are sure of their salaries to maintain their lives but most private schools especially at the basic level received their March salaries but no hope to receive April salaries. Some proprietors have already informed the
teachers of their inability to pay April salaries.
This is due to the fact that payment of salaries in private schools is dependent on receipt of school fees which are normally paid on installment basis. Borrowing from my linguistics and science scholars in respect of morphology, making provision for the payment of salaries of workers in public schools without some Alleviation packages to their counterparts in private schools will undercut the linkage in our understanding of morphology.
In both linguistics and biology , relationships are important because they ( words, plants etc) belong to the same family.
Private basic schools operate in a sensitive sector just as the public sector and they complement each other to achieve national goals in education. Some of these private basic schools play the complementary role more than 30 years now. In fact about 90% of graduates from private Junior High Schools end up in public Senior High Schools.
While all workers who are not earning incomes now need support, it is important for some provision to be made out of the Ghc1.2Billion approved by Parliament from the Stabilization fund to finance the Coronavirus Alleviation Program to cater for private school teachers and staff for the period until June 2020 .
Supporting private school teachers and staff from the Coronavirus Alleviation Program automatically exempt them from any supply of cooked food for these category of workers. Even if they are paid 75% of their salaries, they should be able to manage.